Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-09-16
Nfiddlebury.

Middlebury.
The fall term of the graded school began
Monday with about the average attend
auct. There are two new teachers, Mrs.
| Flora White Boynton IN the second pr-
mary, and Miss j. A. Marshall preceptress
/ of the high school. The management has
| Just issued "a neat pamphlet catalogue and
/ advertisement Of the school. ... Mrs.
John j. O'Cnnnell and child returned to
/ New YORK Monday ....Five carloads of
sheep were shipped from here to different
( points in the West Tuesday noon There
WAS a game of ball at Lake Duumore,
/ saturday afternoon between the salisbury
and FOresd dale mines, the Foresdae boys
Wiuuiu2 by a score Of LOG TO 4.... Captain
/ y +. Barrett has returned to Washing
ton to resume his duties in the pension
/ Office .....The attendance at market Mon
day Nds quite large Butter sold geDer-
ally at % cents per pound. Robert
| Calhoun and John Wilson have re-
turned frum Glens Falls n. y, where
they have been at work on an
extensive plumbing. job. 49,. Harry
/ Fletcher started Monday night Tor Ches-
ter, Penn, to enter the famous military
academy there 1t is thought that with
the new material in the freshman class
the college boys will be able to put a
much stronger ball team into the field
next year than they had this season.......
Repairs were begun Tuesday on the
bridge over Otter creek on Main street,
replacing the braces which We're knocked
, ont by the ice last spring
Vergennes.
Mrs 6. ". Grandey. ir., and two chill
dren and her sister, Mrs. DR.. Turner of
IlHWmoudvllle, y. Y, are guests of Hon.
Il. ". alii Mrs. Grandey 49,. Mr.. q. H..
Sprigg, the cattle dealer is ill...... Mrs.
Ezra Pecu of Addison, whose husband
poisoned himself some months since, died
last week and WAS buried Saturday. The
doctors claim that the symptoms Were
strongly OF typhoid fever. Many others
are sick......Miss Lizzie Dyer Of West
Salisbury, accompanied by her brother,
=. c; Dyer mas gone to the couyent cy{i.
Belle Eels and Miss Anna Slade
OF Mildlebury, members of the convent
school, have returned to the school. .....
Miss Jane Morton Of West Salisbury
is visiting relatives in st. Albans. ......
Champlain and county societies, is
making heightened visit to relatives in
Northern Vermont and Canada. ..... Mrs.
II. r. Ward has gone to New YORK city
to spend the winter. Mrs. ". II. Wood
of Brooklyn, y. Y, who has been spend
ing some weeks with Mrs. Ihbbie Will
marth, Addison, has returned home, in
improved health
There are IA pupils in regular attend
ance at the Nergennes graded school, as
follows: High school department 20,
three others come in to recite, grammar
school 30, intermediate 3d. primary 80.
he prospects for next term are good. ......
A. {. \ heeIer, Esq. and wife of Chicago
are guests of Mr.. l.. Il. Wheeler........
p + han Allen Post of this place sent %
members. under command of G. I. :.
. Pielcp ~ the Essex county veterans re
uuiou, Weatpolt, y. Y, ETH. 18th and
1lth inst. one thousand present.. Ad-
dresses by Col Cunningham of llSth y.
y, f. \. Johnson. NJ. c., Of Glens Falls,
c. 7. :. Pierce, Nergenuea, and Judge
smith of EliHtbethtoWn.... Miss Lizz e
HickoK left here for the HOughton sem
mary, Clinton, y. Y, Wednesday morn
ing. Miss Grace Hi"Sun of Orange, y. j.,
VIII meet her at schenectady and also
proceed to Clinton to enter the seminary.
Hyde Park.
+. II Sherwin and wife are visiting in
New Hampshire for few days. +. True
= is running the depot at johnson in Sher
wins ab.euce 49,. Mrs Riley and son are
spending a lew days in Newport. Fred
t Gauthier has sold his four year old mare
to Fred Childs Martin Waite, who
| has a situation as mana ger of the Bur
, bank Drug store in Worcester, Mass /:
visiting friends here. .....The county
! clerk attended the court at Newport as
week .... EiGhty-eight cents per hundred
: was the price of milk at the creamery dur
in- August.
North Ferrisburgh.
i Mrs phebe Cronk died last Sunday
@ morning at the residence of Mr., JOIN
- Knowles Funeral on Tuesday at II a
m.... Mrs. Alvin BAH while at WORK
Wednesday afternoon IN the milk room
slipped and fell, breaking her left limit
Just above the ankle The new firm
Allen Il Dean, start out with fair pros
I pectS... :. Mr.. George Segun's new house
. is an ornament to the hamlet in which i
- is. This whole community at presen
n is much agitated on the temperance ques
4 ton. Justice Roberts is expected to dc
- his duty ... The Woman's Foreign Mis-
q sionary society was held in the churct
= parlors one day last week and elected it
r. officers for another year. Mrs. Robbins
e was elected president Mrs q. w. Palm
e cr, vice e-president Mrs. \. j. Allen, sec
= retary and treasurer. The mite boXe
:. were also opened.
is Cornwall.
d !. a. Foote started last week for th
e West TO visit Il son at Denver, Col, ant
Is three daughters, residents of Fort Collins
Colo. Mr.. Ksote expects to he absent abou
r. th me mouths. -. Thad. and Mark Dean
IONS of Col. II. b. Dean, have gone to Bur
lnrton to attend the Episcopal institute a
% Rock Point. Work has been begun on tn
}. repairs of the Congregational church.
II AT a meeting Of the y. W. {. L. L., holder
II last wecK Misses Eva Hooker, Jenni
k Brown and Kate Bond We're appointed
Il delegates TO attend the State convention
of the ". c. Il. L. to be held AT Wood
>, stock this week.
~ Other Parts OF the State.
:. St. Albaus is revving the project O
% lighting its streets by electricity.
If Charles HoisingtOn, Rochester trappe
. and shot a bear on the mountain whic
80 weighed about 100 pounds.
~ The total amount of duties received a
. -. Albaus during August was S2l ,94l.S3
= total value OF dutiabie and free goods Ell
III tered, Sl44 .G26
!" Monday morning Albert G, Currer'
farm buildings near East Hardwck wer
entirely urned, in1lictng a loss of $250(
which WAS covered by insurance.
I. I The Barre water company chartere
T. by the last legislature, has arranged wit
y Goodhue q Bernie OF Springfield, Mass
d Ia supply Barre village with water b
u July /, lSSS. On completion of the work
the town has the option of purchasn
10 them within 60 days, 1t an advance OF
j per cent on their cost.